By Crystal Hayduk Most teachers use Christmas break to rest, travel, and even prepare lesson plans for January, but Amy Whitesall, a special education teacher, donated a kidney. By becoming a living donor, she gave the gift of life to her mother, Denise Whitesall, a Chelsea Police Department dispatcher. The successful surgery took place at […]

Chelsea Update congratulates the six wrestlers headed to the individual regionals and wishes good luck to Mason Trinkle, Josh Dosey, Gus Reynolds, Hunter Adams, Nick Matusko and Corbyn Munson as they compete this weekend. On Feb. 10, Trinkle took a 4th place, Dosey, Reynolds and Adams took 3rd place respectively. Matusko and Munson were district […]

Mary Alice Rykert of Ovid, MI, formerly of Chelsea and Owosso, age 82, died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 at Ovid Healthcare Center in Ovid, Michigan. She was born Aug. 3, 1935 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the daughter of Charles and Fannie (Mawby) Rykert. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Feb. 21, 10 a.m. at Cole […]

By Crystal Hayduk The Chelsea School District Board of Education approved several projects at their meeting on Feb. 12. Jeff Burch, project manager with Clark Construction Company, provided information and answered questions prior to the board’s final vote. The board accepted the bid from Astro Turf for the synthetic field turf project. The cost of […]

(Chelsea Update would like to thank Monica Monsma for the information in this story.) Due to last week’s weather, Curling Fest 2018 was rescheduled for this weekend. Curling Fest begins on Friday, Feb. 16 with learn-to-curl open ice sessions. On Saturday, the first curling tournament begins at 9 a.m. It’s great for novice and experienced […]

(Chelsea Update would like to thank Bobby Lee for the information in this story.) Jake Burris was named Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Men’s Diver of the Week, as the Albion College program begins to make its final push toward the league’s Feb. 21-24 championship meet in Grand Rapids. Burris, a junior from Chelsea, is receiving […]